en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Ahab
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Capitaine Achabin (2007) starring Denis Lavant
The 2007 Philippe Ramos film starring Denis Lavant is titled Capitaine Achab, not “Capitaine Achabin.”
Full reasoning
This appears to be a title error. Credible film references for Philippe Ramos's 2007 feature list the movie as Capitaine Achab.
- AlloCiné lists the film as "Capitaine Achab", credits Philippe Ramos as director, gives the production year as 2007, and lists Denis Lavant in the lead role.
- La Cinémathèque française likewise lists "Capitaine Achab" (Philippe Ramos, 2007) and names Denis Lavant among the cast.
So the film named here is real, and Denis Lavant is correctly associated with it — but the title in the post is wrong. The correct title is Capitaine Achab, not Capitaine Achabin.
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- Capitaine Achab - Film 2007 - AlloCiné
Capitaine Achab ... 13 février 2008 en salle ... De Philippe Ramos ... Avec Denis Lavant ... Infos techniques ... Année de production 2007
- Capitaine Achab (Philippe Ramos, 2007) - La Cinémathèque française
Capitaine Achab Philippe Ramos France-Suède / 2007 ... Avec Jean-François Stévenin, Virgil Leclaire, Denis Lavant, Dominique Blanc.
In films that were released directly to video, Captain Ahab was played by Barry Bostwick in a 2010 modern re-imagining of Moby Dick, and by Danny Glover in the 2011 film Age of the Dragons, a fantasy-themed re-imagining.
This sentence wrongly groups Age of the Dragons with direct-to-video releases. The film had theatrical releases, so it was not only a direct-to-video title.
Full reasoning
The problem is the way this sentence classifies Age of the Dragons.
Reliable film listings show that Age of the Dragons (2011) had a theatrical release, so it should not be described as simply one of the films that were "released directly to video."
- Time Out lists Age of the Dragons with a release date of Friday 4 March 2011.
- Moviefone lists Theatrical Release: May 13th, 2011 and separately lists its later DVD/Blu-ray date.
That means the sentence is inaccurate as written: while Barry Bostwick's 2010: Moby Dick was a direct-to-video film, Age of the Dragons was not exclusively direct-to-video.
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- Age of the Dragons 2011, directed by Ryan Little | Film review
Release Details ... Release date: Friday 4 March 2011
- Age of the Dragons (2011) - Movie | Moviefone
Movie Details ... Theatrical Release: May 13th, 2011 ... On DVD & Blu-ray: July 24th, 2012